October 15, 2013

snippets, 10-15-2013

It will come to you. Great article, phantasmagoric pictures.

I'm struggling to understand what I'm doing with my picture-taking device; part of me suspects that I take pictures in order to avoid writing, but there's probably more to it than that; I mean, I've been doing it a long time. I remember my first Kodak Instamatic - $10 was a lot of money for a little kid. (Second grade, I think, so I was what, seven?) "Something something light" would be a good description of the conversation I have with myself when I'm taking pictures. (Also, "Pan, hold still!") I'm not a candidate for giving a TED talk anytime soon, which is probably a good thing; those headset microphones look so stupid.

Oh, hey, while I'm snippeting, I'd like to recommend The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot. There's some serious mojo in that book.

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  1. I don't think you're avoiding writing. I think your photography is like writing. Does that make sense? I get more from most of your pictures than I do from conversations with....most....people.

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    1. Well, if a picture is worth a thousand words, there are at least a couple novels here. Once Upon a Time in Round Rock...

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  2. Interesting article--from one trekking into unusual places. I like your photos because they
    give a new vision to things near and often unobserved.

    Yeah--do the Once upon a time in Round Rock--beauty unseen and missed whilst there all along.

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    1. but yeah maybe that's it, been too busy seein' it - i try not to miss the beauty parts lol

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  3. and--I agree with Sandi

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  4. your photography is like poetry...truly inspiring!

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    1. Heh. Apparently I write a lot of poems about dogs. (And oddy enough, I just put a book of dog poetry on my Amazon wish list. So that's like a real thing!)

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  5. Everybody (well, mostly) likes reading/seeing about dogs. Man's best friend and all.
    I'll bet you have photos to go with those poems. or poems to go with those photos.

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    1. Mostly limericks. "There once was a critter named Pan/..."

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  6. those are hard to do

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